There Is a New Creating

Meditation for the Fourth Sunday of Lent

Joshua 5:9-12; Psalm 32; 2 Corinthians 5:16-20; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being! (2 Corinthians 5: 17)

Have you ever heard the expression "It's a whole new ballgame!" That is a fairly good translation of what Paul said in his second letter to the Church in Corinth.

Because of Christ, the Messiah, everything has changed in some fundamental way.

This is clearly the message of Easter, but it must also be a central theme of Lent.

Through the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus, we have been made anew, not simply repaired or restored. We are at a moment of transformation, not of our own doing.

Lent shouldn't be viewed merely as a period for repentance and renewal in anticipation of this newness. It can and should be the time when we recognize this truth and start behaving as though it is indeed true!

There Is New Creating

Called to be new

Not simply renewed

Or repaired or restored

New creating

Unprecedented, newborn, novel

This the bar that was set 

At the resurrection

Think of it

Just think of it for a moment

And be in awe

Think of it

Just think of it a moment

And be transformed

Think of it

Just think of it for a moment 

In rapt humility

Think of it

Just think of it for a moment

At the next moment of 

Decision, resolve, commitment

Let it spark imagination

Let it burn conscience

Let it fuel being

And become new

In an act of creating  

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